Unit 5, Lesson 2 Grammar

Question 1

Que and cual both mean…

Answer 1

What.

Question 2

Other than “what,” cual can also mean…

Answer 2

Which.

Question 3

Que needs to be followed by a…

Answer 3

noun.

Question 4

Cual is usually followed by…or…

Answer 4

Es or de.

Question 5

When is que used?

Answer 5

To ask someone to define or describe something.

Question 6

When is cual used?

Answer 6

To ask someone to identify or select something.

Question 7

What are the conditional tense endings?

Answer 7

Yo: ía
Tu: ías
El/ella/ud.: ía
Nosotros: íamos
Vosotros: íais
Ellos/uds.: ían

Question 8

Haber stem for conditional

Answer 8

habr-

Question 9

Caber stem conditional

Answer 9

cabr-

Question 10

Hacer stem conditional

Answer 10

har-

Question 11

Salir stem conditional

Answer 11

saldr-

Question 12

Poner stem conditional

Answer 12

pondr-

Question 13

Poder stem conditional

Answer 13

podr-

Question 14

Querer stem

Answer 14

querr-

Question 15

Tener stem

Answer 15

tendr-

Question 16

Venir stem

Answer 16

vendr-

Question 17

Saber stem

Answer 17

sabr-

Question 18

Decir stem

Answer 18

dir-

Question 19

Conditional is used to say…

Answer 19

Would___.

Question 20

How do you form conditional?

Answer 20

Do not change the verb. Keep the er, ar, or it ending and just add on the appropriate ending based on the subject.

Question 21

Conditional hablar

Answer 21

Hablaria, hablarias, hablaria, hablariamos, hablariais, hablarian

Question 22

Preterite Endings

Answer 22

Ar: é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron. Ir/Er: í. iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron

Question 23

If someone says something that they did, how do you report it as reported speech?

Answer 23

Use preterite. (If they use preterite, the “reporter” uses preterite.) Ex: Ella dijo, “Fui a la playa” becomes ella dijo que fue a la playa.

Question 24

How do you use reported speech to tell what someone said they were planning or going to do?

Answer 24

Use imperfect, most likely the imperfect form of ir: iba a___. (If they say, “I am going to- present tense- use imperfect.) Ex: Ella dijo, “Voy a ir de compras” becomes ella dijo que iba a ir de compras.

Question 25

How do you use reported speech to tell what someone said that they would do in the future?

Answer 25

Use the conditional. (“I will” in future tense becomes “they said they would”- conditional.) Ex: Ella dijo, “Comeré comida Mexicana ayer” becomes ella dijo que comería comida Mexicana ayer.

Question 26

Imperfect endings

Answer 26

Ar: aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban. Er/Ir: ía, ías, ía, íamos, ías, ían

Question 27

What are the three imperfect irregulars?

Answer 27

Ser (era), ir (iba), y ver (veía)

Question 28

What are the six most common phrases to remember for que vs. cual?

Answer 28

Que es, cual es, que (noun), cual de, que (verb), y cual (verb)

Question 29

When do you use “que es?”

Answer 29

When asking for a definition

Question 30

When do you use “cual es?”

Answer 30

When asking for a preference or an answer in which there are multiple options (ex: Cual es tu nombre?)

Question 31

When do you use “cual de?”

Answer 31

When asking for a preferece out of a group. It means “which of.”

Question 32

When do you use “que + noun?”

Answer 32

Whenever you immediately follow a question word with a noun. This means that in this situation, you always use “que.”

Question 33

Which is correct: “Cual libro prefieres?” or “Que libro prefieres?”

Answer 33

Que.

Question 34

When do you use “Que + verb?”

Answer 34

Whenever you are describing something with a wide range of possibilities. Ex: Que hiciste?

Question 35

When do you use “Cual + verb?”

Answer 35

Whenever you are describing a choice or selection from a definite set of options. Ex: Tengo tres libros. Cual prefieres? (Cual can only be used here if it is linked to the previous statement of “Tengo tres libros.”)